Mac Jones hits Nelson Agholor for rare opening-drive Patriots score

MINNEAPOLIS -- New England Patriots backmost Mac Jones came retired firing successful Thursday night's crippled against the Minnesota Vikings.

After the Patriots fell down 7-0 connected the Vikings' opening drive, Jones fto it rip, rapidly putting unneurotic a five-play, 75-yard scoring thrust that culminated successful a 34-yard onslaught implicit the mediate to receiver Nelson Agholor.

The Patriots had entered arsenic 1 of 3 teams without an opening-drive touchdown this play (Jets and Panthers the others). It was besides their archetypal touchdown successful the archetypal 4th this season.

Jones' walk traveled 27 aerial yards, his deepest of the play and 2nd deepest of his two-year NFL career.

Jones present has 4 30-plus-yard touchdown passes successful his vocation and Agholor has been connected the receiving extremity of 2 of them. Kendrick Bourne has the different two.

Jones was connected people connected his archetypal walk connected the scoring march -- opening with a tight-window 26-yard rainbow to receiver Jakobi Meyers connected archetypal down. Jones had initially fumbled the drawback earlier picking it up and making the close throw.

The play could person been costly, though, arsenic Meyers near the crippled owed to wounded and headed to the locker country for further evaluation.

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